Dr. Kerene Brown, LICSW, LCSW, CSW

Dr. Kerene Brown is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Georgia and Washington, DC. She holds LICSW, LCSW, and CSW credentials and brings seven years of experience to work with adults and young adults. She focuses on stress, anxiety, mood concerns, identity questions, and trauma and abuse. Dr. Brown aims to help people build clearer self-understanding and practical coping skills.

Her style is warm and straightforward. She emphasizes cultural responsiveness and a nonjudgmental space for people to talk through difficult feelings. Sessions typically center on identifying immediate worries, finding small steps forward, and tracking what helps between meetings.

Dr. Brown draws on a range of evidence-informed approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based work, Client-Centered methods, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. She uses these approaches to tailor care to each person’s needs rather than applying one fixed method.

People often seek her help for relationship strain, parenting stress, grief, workplace pressure, and questions about identity or self-worth. She also supports those coping with bipolar mood patterns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Her practice attends to attachment and abandonment issues, blended family dynamics, and body image concerns when these come up.

Sessions are offered in English. Dr. Brown asks new clients to complete a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule according to her availability. The practice uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time

How therapy approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice hard thoughts and feelings and then choose actions that match their values. It’s often used when stress, anxiety, or life changes get in the way of what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can ease anxiety, low mood, and day-to-day coping. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current needs and patterns, helping people understand and change repeating relationship cycles.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to a person's goals, needs, and preferences. That might mean trying a skill-building approach one week and a relational focus the next, then adjusting based on what feels useful.

Confirm the available session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - appointments can be scheduled around work, school, or caregiving. It can also reduce time spent traveling and make shorter check-ins possible when needed. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and attachment-focused work to an online setting so clients can learn skills, practice new ways of relating, and track progress between sessions.